US4305633A - Electrical circuit module with sequentially actuated contact apparatus - Google Patents

Electrical circuit module with sequentially actuated contact apparatus Download PDF

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US4305633A
US4305633A US06/087,834 US8783479A US4305633A US 4305633 A US4305633 A US 4305633A US 8783479 A US8783479 A US 8783479A US 4305633 A US4305633 A US 4305633A
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Kjell Engberg
Bjorn Ericson
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
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  • the present invention relates to an electrical circuit module of the plug-in type.
  • a construction according to the invention is designed to facilitate the insertion and of a plug-in circuit module, in which the number of contacts is very great, for example greater than forty.
  • the contacts are inserted and withdrawn in sequential groups.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a mechanical principle employed in the construction of a plug-in circuit module according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective sketch of such a circuit module.
  • numerals 1, 2 and 3 designate three movable, multiple contact devices, which are connected to a front support plate 4, or the like, of a plug-in circuit module.
  • the movable contact devices 1, 2, 3 have multiple contact pins 5 intended for sockets 6 which are distributed among three socket groups, each corresponding to one movable contact device.
  • the three socket groups may comprise three separate, fixed contact devices or different portions of one and the same fixed contact device. Electric wires are indicated in FIG. 1 by dashed lines.
  • connection 1' is free from play relative to front plate 4; whereas, connection 2' has a play relative to front plate 4 which is somewhat greater than the maximum withdrawal distance required to terminate an established electrical contact between a socket 6 and a pin 5.
  • the mechanical connection 3' has a play relative to front plate 4 which is twice as great as that of connection 2'.
  • the front plate 4 has been moved back one-third of the distance required for withdrawing all contact devices. By the shown arrangement, the necessary withdrawal force has been reduced to one-third of what is required for simultaneous withdrawal of the three movable contact devices 1, 2, 3. Insertion force is similarly reduced.
  • the force by which a pin 5 is retained in a socket 6 may decrease considerably with increasing withdrawal. It may then be sufficient to make the difference in play between a movable contact device made with a greater play and one made with a smaller play considerably smaller than the maximum distance of withdrawal of the latter contact device. Normally, however, the difference in play should be greater than 20%, preferably greater than 30%, of the maximum distance of withdrawal of the withdrawn contact device which is made with a smaller play.
  • the plug-in circuit module shown in FIG. 2 is intended to be arranged in a building frame (not illustrated) in such a manner that electrical components included in the plug-in circuit module are interconnected with electrical components in other circuit modules supported by the building frame by means of movable contact devices 10 and 11 present in the plug-in circuit module.
  • a rectangular printed circuit board 12 is arranged perpendicular to and in a stiff mechanical connection with a front plate 13, which normally lies in a vertical plane.
  • the front plate 13 is provided with two through-going screws 14 intended to fix the plug-in circuit module to the building frame.
  • the screws 14 are so-called captured screws, which means that when they have been unscrewed from the building frame they may be used as handles when withdrawing the plug-in circuit module.
  • the contact device 10 comprises a printed circuit board portion, in which a plurality of contact parts 10' are fixed, but may also comprise a special contact device fixed to the circuit board.
  • the contact device 11 may be undivided in the vertical direction, as shown in the drawing, or comprise a plurality of smaller contact devices arranged in a stiff connection with each other.
  • the contact device 11 has a front side with a plurality of holes 15, each of which leading into a contact socket (not shown in the drawing) arranged in the contact device, said contact socket being intended to surround a corresponding contact pin in a contact device rigidly fixed to the building frame (not illustrated) and faced to the rear side of the contact device 11.
  • a plurality of flexible and slack connecting wires 16 are provided in corresponding holes 15 and are each connected between a contact socket and connecting points of a plurality of circuits arranged on the printed circuit board 12 and intended for relatively high current and high voltage. These circuits are galvanically separated from a plurality of printed circuits made on the printed circuit board and intended for relatively low current and voltage values. These printed circuits for low current and voltage are connected via the contact device 10 to other circuits included in an electronics equipment.
  • the contact device 11 is mechanically connected to the front plate 13 by means of two elongated, rigid members 17 made with variable lengths, each of said members comprising a metal rail 18 attached to the contact device 11 and a metal rod 19 arranged parallel to said metal rail 18 and fixed to the front plate 13, said metal rod 19 being surrounded--with a small transversal play--by two frames 20 and 21 welded to the metal rail 18.
  • the member 17 When the illustrated plug-in circuit module is inserted into the building frame and the screws 14 are tightened, the member 17 has its minimum length. One end of the rail 18 is then in contact with the front plate 13.
  • the longitudinal play (or "dead zone") of the member 17 is equal to the distance existing in this position between the frame 21 and a cuff ring 22 fixed to the rod 19.
  • a pair of springs 23 surround rods 19 between frames 20 and front plate 13, so that contact device 11 is biased away from front plate 13 where the plug-in circuit module is removed from the building frame.
  • the screws 14 are loosened from their fixtures in the building frame, whereafter the force required for withdrawing the contact device 10 is applied to the plug-in circuit module, suitably by pulling the screws 14.
  • the contact parts 10' are correspondingly displaced with respect to corresponding contacts fixed to the building frame.
  • the longitudinal play in each member 17 is so great that the front plate 13 has been drawn forwards by at least 4 millimeters with respect to its attached position and with respect to adjacent front plates belonging to other plug-in units which have not been withdrawn, before the withdrawing force can be transmitted to the contact device 11.
  • Each of the members 17 is preferably made with a longitudinal play which is greater than the withdrawal distance which, after having fully inserted the contact device 10, is required for complete withdrawal thereof.

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US4760375A (en) * 1983-10-28 1988-07-26 Josef Stecker Data transmission cable
US4763494A (en) * 1983-10-13 1988-08-16 Lever Brothers Company Liquid dispensing system
US4897055A (en) * 1988-11-28 1990-01-30 International Business Machines Corp. Sequential Connecting device
US4902943A (en) * 1982-12-03 1990-02-20 General Electric Company Plug-in starting aid
US5013247A (en) * 1989-10-16 1991-05-07 International Business Machines Corporation Fiber optic connector assembly adapted for providing circuit card charging
US7128602B1 (en) * 2003-12-18 2006-10-31 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Make first break last connection assembly

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US3914565A (en) * 1974-08-26 1975-10-21 Karl O Niedermeyer Electrical plug with ground prong activated switch

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GB333245A (en) * 1929-04-08 1930-08-08 William Jacob Pritchett Improvements in and relating to electric plugs and sockets
US3914565A (en) * 1974-08-26 1975-10-21 Karl O Niedermeyer Electrical plug with ground prong activated switch

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US4902943A (en) * 1982-12-03 1990-02-20 General Electric Company Plug-in starting aid
US4763494A (en) * 1983-10-13 1988-08-16 Lever Brothers Company Liquid dispensing system
US4760375A (en) * 1983-10-28 1988-07-26 Josef Stecker Data transmission cable
US4897055A (en) * 1988-11-28 1990-01-30 International Business Machines Corp. Sequential Connecting device
US5013247A (en) * 1989-10-16 1991-05-07 International Business Machines Corporation Fiber optic connector assembly adapted for providing circuit card charging
US7128602B1 (en) * 2003-12-18 2006-10-31 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Make first break last connection assembly

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